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CBS News/New York Times Hispanic Poll, July 2003 (ICPSR 3896)

Principal Investigator(s):CBS News; The New York Times

Summary:

This special topic poll, conducted July 13-27, 2003, is
part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public
opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social
issues. The focus of this data collection was to assess the opinions
and responses of people identified as being of Hispanic origin or
ancestry. Respondents were asked to assess the performance of United
States President George W. Bush, his administration's foreign policy,
his efforts toward creating... (more info)

This special topic poll, conducted July 13-27, 2003, is
part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public
opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social
issues. The focus of this data collection was to assess the opinions
and responses of people identified as being of Hispanic origin or
ancestry. Respondents were asked to assess the performance of United
States President George W. Bush, his administration's foreign policy,
his efforts toward creating employment opportunities in the United
States, and his efforts toward increasing trade and providing
assistance to Mexico and Latin America. Respondents were queried on
political issues such as whether they preferred federal budget cuts or
federal tax cuts, whether the United States should establish
diplomatic and trade relations with Cuba, whether removing Iraqi
leader Saddam Hussein from power was worth the effort, and whether
they approved of affirmative action measures and programs that address
past discrimination. Respondents were polled for their opinions on a
variety of social issues, including how Hispanics are portrayed on
television news and entertainment programs, the importance of
preserving cultural traditions and values, moral and economic
differences between generations, working and single mothers, labor
unions, the Catholic Church, the importance of a political candidate's
ability to speak Spanish in choosing whether to vote for that
candidate, and the likelihood of experiencing discrimination.
Background variables include age, country of ancestral origin, country
of birth, education, employment status, ethnicity, first language
spoken, household income, labor union membership status, language(s)
spoken in the home, marital status, party affiliation, political
ideology, religious orientation, residential status, sex, and voter
registration status.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times Hispanic Poll, July 2003. ICPSR03896-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03896.v1

Universe:
Adult population of the United States aged 18 and over
having a telephone at home.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The data contain weights that should be used for
analysis.

Methodology

Sample:
A variation of random-digit dialing using primary sampling
units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100 telephone
numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified by
geographic region, area code, and size of place. Within households,
respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and
modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and
Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press,
1963).